Brake-shoe.



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BRAKE SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED IAN. I4, 1916.

Patented Fab.' 29, M16,

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i BRAKE-SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lFeb. 29, i916.,

Application led January 14, 1916. Serial No. 72,108.

To all 'whom it may concer/if.

Be it known that l, JUDsoNooK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Leominster, in the county of Worcester and State of.Massachusetts, `have invented certain new and useful improvements inBrake-Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bra-ke shoes oi' the type wherein a cast-metalbody porti/,wn is provided with a reinforcing of suitable material, saidreinforcing forming the back of the shoe.` I

rl`he objects of the invention' are: to

provide a brake shoe with a reinforcing metal back in which theattaching lug is struck up from said reinforcing member; to providemeans for firmly holding the reinforcing back in place after theattaching lug has been struck up therefrom;to provide simple and novelmeans for locking the body of the shoe to the reinforcing back; toprovide a simple, cheap and ecient brake shoe of the reinforced type.

`With these and such y other objects in view as may hereinafter morefully appear, 'mv invention consists in the novel arrangement andconstruction of parts set forth in the `following description, moreparticularly pointed out in the claims, and which are shown in theaccompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a central, vertical longitudinal sectional view showing abrake shoe lconstructed according to my invention. Fig. /2 is aperspective view ofthe reinforcing back. Fig. 3 is a detail plan view ofthe connecting plate for the back. Fig. i is av plan View of the back asthe same appears before the attaching lug hasbeen struck up therefrom.

Referring to saidA drawing by numerals: rlhe reinforcing back iscomposed of an elongated plate l which is slit near the center to formthe tongues 2. The material surrounding the tongues 2 is struck up toform the attaching lug 3, with openings formed therein by the spacesformerly occupied by the tongues 2,'said openings being designated bythe numerall 4. Af plate 5, provided with a central transverse slit oropening 6, is riveted or otherwise suitably secured to the bottoni ofthe back plate l and the ends of tongues 2 are bent to enter the slitGand are clamped below the plate 5, as shown most clearly at 7, Fig..1.Near each end `of the back l two overlapping cir- ;cular openings 8 areformed or punched for the purpose of allowing the material'of the castlbody portion of the shoe to enter the same and lock the ends of the shoefirmly tothe back. rEhe body portion 9 of the shoe is cast-about theback in the usual manner. 'Having described my invention, what ll claimas new and desire .to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A brake shoe having embedded therein a longitudinally vextendingreinforcing member, the middle portion of said reinforcing member beingstruck up to form an attaching lug, tongues formed from the attachinglug portion,4 and means for locking said tongues together.

2. A brake shoe comprising 'a reinforcing back providedv withoverlapping circular openings in each end thereof, tongues out from theback near the center thereof, an attaching lig struck up from thevmaterial surrounding said tongues, means for loci;- ing said tonguestogether, and a body portion cast upon the back.

3. A brake shoe comprising a reinforcing back, tongues cut from thebaclr near 'the center thereof,.an attaching lug struclr up from thematerial surrounding the tongues, a plate" provided with an opening forthe reception of the ends of the tongues secured to the bottom of theback, and a shoe body cast upon the back.

ln testimony whereof l hereunto ax my signature in the presence of twowitnessed JUDSUN CK,

Witnesses Cona Romanen, @nanars K, Davis.

